• Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II.
  • Although he appeared in approximately 100 movies and TV shows, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. never really intended to take up acting as a career.
  • Fairbanks' father was one of cinema's first icons, noted for such swashbuckling adventure films as 'The Mark of Zorro', 'Robin Hood' and 'The Thief of Bagdad'.
  • More roguishly handsome than his father, the Prince of Pickfair Douglas Fairbanks Jr lacked Senior's ability to completely dominate a film and make...
  • More voguishly handsome than his father, the Prince of Pickfair Douglas Fairbanks Jr lacked Senior's ability to completely dominate a film and make...
  • Fairbanks began his film career early, in 1923, in Stephen Steps Out, and followed that with such films as Stella Dallas (1925), A Woman of Affairs (1928)...
  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. started his career in films at the age of 13 with ‘Stephen Steps Out’ (1923).
  • Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. didn’t specialize in historical costume movies, but due to his prolific career, he certainly made a few of them...
  • Biography: The only son of silent film star Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Jr was born in NYC to the elder's first wife, Anna Sully.
  • He was the host of "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents", a series which ran from 1952-1955 and he made numerous appearances on Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the...